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Recent content in The Macmillan CommunityenFri, 13 Sep 2019 18:44:10 GMTJive Engage 2018.19.0.0_jx (http://jivesoftware.com/products/)2019-09-13T18:44:10ZenSPENT game [1]https://community.macmillan.com/docs/DOC-9772-spent-game-1
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:08038c90-8990-4696-aa2d-06dd389455fa] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Spent is a free&#160;<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOnline_game" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0b0080; background: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">online game</a><span>&#160;</span>about surviving<span>&#160;</span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPoverty" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0b0080; background: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">poverty</a><span>&#160;</span>and<span>&#160;</span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHomelessness" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0b0080; background: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">homelessness</a><span>&#160;</span>created by ad agency<span>&#160;</span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMcKinney_%28advertising_agency%29" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0b0080; background: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">McKinney</a><span>&#160;</span>for pro bono client<span>&#160;</span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=http%3A%2F%2Fumdurham.org%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urban Ministries of Durham</a><span>&#160;</span>(UMD), whose mission "is to provide food, clothing, shelter and supportive services to neighbors in need".<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 11.2px;"><sup class=""><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSPENT%23cite_note-1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0b0080; background: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">[1]</a></sup></span><span>&#160;</span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPlayer_%28game%29" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0b0080; background: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Players</a><span>&#160;</span>must make the difficult decisions necessary to live for one month on $1,000, often having to choose between equally disagreeable options. The dilemmas they face represent those that bring people to places like UMD: Do you make a healthy meal or keep the lights on? Cover the minimum on your credit cards or pay the rent? Hope your sick daughter gets better on her own or risk your job by leaving early to take her to the doctor? Let your son play in the after-school sports league or save the money needed for his uniform?</p><p style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">The game ends when players either run out of money before the end of the month or make it through with money left over.</p><p style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Since its launch in February 2011, the<span>&#160;</span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FVideo_game" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0b0080; background: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">interactive game</a><span>&#160;</span>SPENT has been played more than 4 million times in over 218 countries.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 11.2px;"><sup class=""><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSPENT%23cite_note-2" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0b0080; background: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">[2]</a></sup></span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayspent.org%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SPENT</a>&#160;</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:08038c90-8990-4696-aa2d-06dd389455fa] -->povertyincome distributionlow-wage laboreconomic inequalityFri, 13 Sep 2019 18:44:10 GMTcommunity.support@macmillan.comhttps://community.macmillan.com/docs/DOC-9772-spent-game-12019-09-13T18:44:10Z1 day 16 hours ago0McKenzie McNamara | Helping Others Can Acheive Their Dreamshttps://community.macmillan.com/docs/DOC-9714-mckenzie-mcnamara-helping-others-can-acheive-their-dreams
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:72a052fa-5dbf-401a-84ef-72043b1a78bc] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>McKenzie McNamara</strong> Knowing that the work I am doing can support others to reach for their dreams, just as my parents have done for me, is what drives me to #AchieveMore. With this purpose it is important for me to recognize there will be challenges and I need to be patient, grateful, and positive. I motivated to #AchieveMore so that I can see people reach for and capture their dreams.</span></div><div><a href="https://go.macmillanlearning.com/rs/122-CFG-317/images/IN.IMG.BN.%5B2019Driven_McKenzie-Mcnamara%5D.jpg"><img alt="Knowing that the work I am doing can support others to reach for their dreams, just as my parents have done for me, is what drives me to #AchieveMore.With this purpose it is important for me to recognize there will be challenges and I need to be patient, grateful, and positive. I motivated to #AchieveMore so that I can see people reach for and capture their dreams." class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://go.macmillanlearning.com/rs/122-CFG-317/images/IN.IMG.BN.%5B2019Driven_McKenzie-Mcnamara%5D.jpg" style="width: 100%;"/></a><span style="font-size: 35px;"><strong><br/>My Journey&#160;to #AchieveMore</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p>It&#8217;s 9pm on the last day of finals week and I&#8217;m sitting on my couch eating dinosaur shaped pasta, which was truly a splurge on my budget. I just got off the phone with my mom having cried for the last 45 minutes about my failing relationship, working during finals, and playing volleyball tomorrow. I am worn-out. I am stressed. I am struggling. In an attempt to distract myself from piles of laundry and the need to pack for my study abroad trip, I check my email. Macmillan Institutional Solutions &ldquo;What drives you to #AchieveMore?&#8221; Every example illustrates the impact of research and practice on developing an inclusive society as their purpose. Every person is sure of their mission and confident in their abilities. And here I am eating tiny dinosaurs, swollen faced from crying, questioning my authentic motivation to #AchieveMore. And this is what I&#8217;ve come up with&hellip;</p></div><p style="padding-top: 15px;">My former first-year residents who are now graduating as accomplished, joyful, members of the school community. My student who just used her knowledge of research developed in my class to land her first job. My peers who have challenged me to expand my knowledge of social justice. My volleyball players getting recruited to play in college. But above all my mom and dad, who didn&#8217;t go to college but have done everything to help me reach my dreams in higher education. Knowing that the work I am doing can support others to reach for their dreams, just as my parents have done for me, is what drives me to #AchieveMore. With this purpose, it is important for me to recognize there will be challenges and I need to be patient, grateful, and positive. I motivated to #AchieveMore so that I can see people reach for and capture their dreams.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><div style="padding: 3%; text-align: center;"><div class="j-rte-table"><table class="j-table jiveBorder" style="border: 0px solid transparent;" width="100% height: 20%;"><tbody><tr><td style="color: white; background-color: transparent; width: 30%; text-align: center;"><a href="https://go.macmillanlearning.com/rs/122-CFG-317/images/IN.IMG-PH.%5B2019Driven_McKenzie-Mcnamara.2%5D.jpg"><img src="https://go.macmillanlearning.com/rs/122-CFG-317/images/IN.IMG-PH.%5B2019Driven_McKenzie-Mcnamara.2%5D.jpg" style="width: 100%;"/></a></td><td style="color: white; background-color: transparent; width: 3%; text-align: center;"></td><td style="color: white; background-color: transparent; width: 30%; text-align: center;"><a href="https://go.macmillanlearning.com/rs/122-CFG-317/images/IN.IMG-PH.%5B2019Driven_McKenzie-Mcnamara.3%5D.jpg"><img src="https://go.macmillanlearning.com/rs/122-CFG-317/images/IN.IMG-PH.%5B2019Driven_McKenzie-Mcnamara.3%5D.jpg" style="width: 100%;"/></a></td><td style="color: white; background-color: transparent; width: 3%; text-align: center;"></td><td style="color: white; background-color: transparent; width: 30%; text-align: center;"><a href="https://go.macmillanlearning.com/rs/122-CFG-317/images/IN.IMG-PH.%5B2019Driven_McKenzie-Mcnamara%5D.jpg"><img src="https://go.macmillanlearning.com/rs/122-CFG-317/images/IN.IMG-PH.%5B2019Driven_McKenzie-Mcnamara%5D.jpg" style="width: 100%;"/></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="background-color: #ffc196; padding: 1%;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 30px;"><strong><em>What Drives You to #AchieveMore?</em></strong></span></p></div><div style="padding: 3%; text-align: center; background-color: #ffc196;"><div class="j-rte-table"><table class="j-table jiveBorder" style="border: 0px solid transparent;" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 1px solid white; color: white; background-color: transparent; width: 30%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.macmillanlearning.com%2Fdriven.html%23winners" rel="nofollow" style="text-align: center; color: #ffffff;" target="_blank">View Current Winners</a></span></td><td style="border: 0px solid white; color: white; background-color: transparent; width: 3%; text-align: center;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid white; color: white; background-color: transparent; width: 30%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" data-containerId="1" data-containerType="14" data-objectId="2101" data-objectType="14" href="https://community.macmillan.com/community/institutional-solutions/tags#/?tags=story%20-%20achievemore" style="text-align: center; color: #ffffff;">See All Stories</a></span></td><td style="border: 0px solid white; color: white; background-color: transparent; width: 3%; text-align: center;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid white; color: white; background-color: transparent; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.macmillanlearning.com%2Fdriven.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-align: center; color: #ffffff;" target="_blank">Submit Your Story</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:72a052fa-5dbf-401a-84ef-72043b1a78bc] -->blog postinstitutional - blog poststory - achievemoreinstitutionaldriven to achievedrivencontestinstitutional - contestFri, 13 Sep 2019 15:44:36 GMTcommunity.support@macmillan.comhttps://community.macmillan.com/docs/DOC-9714-mckenzie-mcnamara-helping-others-can-acheive-their-dreams2019-09-13T15:44:36Z1 day 19 hours ago0WHITEPAPER | Using iClicker & LaunchPad for Success In & Out of Classhttps://community.macmillan.com/docs/DOC-9505-whitepaper-using-iclicker-launchpad-for-success-in-out-of-class
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<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:fb7b5aa8-a527-4d9f-9526-a59a8bc7b74f] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." -William L. Watkinson</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">&#160;</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">This is the quote my students see at the end of their reflection on service learning.&#160; For five percent of their grade, my students are required to log at least 12 hours in service with a pre-approved and vetted agency that serves the hungry, homeless or those grappling with mental illness in our community.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">&#160;</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Why do I assign this work?&#160; What do I hope my students get out of it?&#160; In short, the service learning requirement is aimed at growing a student&#8217;s empathy, humility, real-world learning and problem-solving.&#160; I have not been disappointed. This summer, a student reported that his service learning was the &ldquo;single most important and effective thing we did&#8221; in our class.&#160; The </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aacu.org%2F" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Association of American Colleges &amp; Universities</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;"> (</span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aacu.org%2Fleap%2Fhips" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;">AAC&amp;U</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">) lists Service Learning and Community-Based Learning among its &ldquo;High-Impact Practices&#8221; that are &ldquo;widely tested and have been shown to be beneficial for college students from many backgrounds, especially historically underserved students, who often do not have equitable access to high-impact learning.&#8221; (</span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aacu.org%2Fresources%2Fhigh-impact-practices" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;">https://www.aacu.org/resources/high-impact-practices</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">)&#160;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">&#160;</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Service Learning also offers the opportunity for students to reflect on their career/life path.&#160; Since I started teaching Economics in 1995, students have changed; they are more stressed and career-focused than ever. Although they remain as polite and conscientious as ever, a general education class like mine is often viewed as irrelevant to students&#8217; career goals and is seen as a necessary evil along the path to their various degrees and career goals.&#160; High and rising student debt also stifles consideration about anything but getting that good-paying job. Your students and institution are undoubtedly different than mine; but I suspect that you face the same basic challenges I do: lack of engagement and increasing stress. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;"><br/><br/></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Connection and collaboration are proven stress-reducers, and Service Learning offers stressed students the opportunity (and nudge) to go outside of their normal environment and interact with people they don&#8217;t normally see.&#160; Further, students often become aware of careers in the non-profit sector. Last year, a finance student reported that she was now seriously considering switching from corporate finance to non-profit work.&#160;&#160;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">&#160;</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Of course this Service Learning requirement also helps expand the capacity of the service agencies.&#160; The community non-profit enterprises that my students volunteer with are often faced with very small budgets and are staffed by volunteers. Service Learning classes like mine provide these agencies with the ability to serve more people, and occasionally relieve overstretched volunteers and staff.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">&#160;</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">I teach (Principles of Macroeconomics, also Economics of Poverty, Discrimination and Immigration) and I have no problem finding agencies that help deliver opportunities for an immersive, active-learning exposure to the core learning objectives of our class.&#160; I am supported by our new &ldquo;Center for Service in Action&#8221; funded by the university with several staff and students that help with communications and liability and legal aspects. Whatever you teach, and whatever the support system (or lack thereof) at your university, it&#8217;s not too difficult to find service agencies thrilled to work with students.&#160; In some cases, agencies are brought into the classroom and students complete projects and solve problems with the agency on campus.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">&#160;</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Service Learning is an obvious win-win for me: Students win by virtue of the broadening of their views about the world, stress is lowered as community and empathy are developed, and &ldquo;real-world&#8221; active learning is provided.&#160; The service agencies win by virtue of gaining volunteers and capacity, and I win by having more engaged and enlightened students.&#160;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">&#160;</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">At the end of the day, I know my students won&#8217;t remember how to graph the income and substitution effects of immigration policy, but they will remember their service learning experience.&#160; It&#8217;s the ultimate example of active and immersive learning.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;"><br/><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">References:&#160; </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://community.macmillan.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aacu.org%2Fresources%2Fhigh-impact-practices" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;">https://www.aacu.org/resources/high-impact-practices</span></a></span></p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:fb7b5aa8-a527-4d9f-9526-a59a8bc7b74f] -->empathysocial learningclassroom actvityactive learning strategiesactive classroomThu, 12 Sep 2019 15:17:27 GMTcommunity.support@macmillan.comhttps://community.macmillan.com/docs/DOC-9771-service-learning-the-ultimate-active-learning-opportunity2019-09-12T15:17:27Z2 days 19 hours ago0Rhetorical Analysis of a Text Writing Projecthttps://community.macmillan.com/docs/DOC-9742-rhetorical-analysis-of-a-text-writing-project
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:8d83327c-a896-4920-af34-b81f5e210735] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p><em>Assignment by&#160;<a class="jive-link-profile-small jiveTT-hover-user" data-containerId="-1" data-containerType="-1" data-objectId="137580" data-objectType="3" href="https://community.macmillan.com/people/marissa0806">Marissa McKinley</a>, <a class="jive-link-profile-small jiveTT-hover-user" data-containerId="-1" data-containerType="-1" data-objectId="129233" data-objectType="3" href="https://community.macmillan.com/people/bedford.new.scholar">Bedford New Scholar</a>&#160;2019</em></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>For this writing project, you will analyze a text of your choice** using the rhetorical elements and appeals we discussed during this sequence. This assignment will enable you to practice your critical reading skills and your ability to analyze a text. As you begin drafting this project, consider revisiting assigned readings, your short summary, and our in-class exercises and handouts. Your final draft should be between 5-6 pages.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>As you analyze your text, be sure to consider the following conventions of rhetorical<br/>analysis:</p><ul><li>identify the central claim of the text and consider the author&#8217;s occasion for writing it;</li><li>locate and evaluate any uses of credibility (ethos), emotional appeals (pathos), and evidence and logic used in the text (logos);</li><li>describe the context in which the text was produced;</li><li>describe the audience(s) (both the real and the ideal); and</li><li>address the ways in which this text (and its author) represents its subject, what it includes and excludes, and what the combined effect of these choices has on the purpose of the text.</li></ul><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Consider the following steps as you construct your rhetorical analysis:</p><ol><li>Select a &ldquo;text&#8221; that interests you.</li><li>Summarize the text. Offer readers a visual description of your text and/or examples of the author&#8217;s main ideas, supporting evidence, key terms, and other relevant information (e.g., tone, style, word choices).</li><li>As you prepare to analyze the text, look to your summary for help explaining the main ideas and organization of the text. Then, focus on its rhetorical effectiveness using the list above as a guide.</li><li>Absolutely, positively remember to cite and discuss examples from the text to illustrate and support your analysis. Do not assume that your reader is familiar with the text.</li></ol><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>** For this assignment, you may select a speech, propaganda, a print advertisement, pre-approved song<br/>lyrics, or a commercial.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><a class="jive-link-wiki-small" data-containerId="2026" data-containerType="14" data-objectId="9241" data-objectType="102" href="https://community.macmillan.com/docs/DOC-9241-bedford-new-scholars-assignment-ideas">MORE BEDFORD NEW SCHOLARS ASSIGNMENT IDEAS</a></strong></span></p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:8d83327c-a896-4920-af34-b81f5e210735] -->assignmentassignment ideabedford new scholars assignmentWed, 11 Sep 2019 20:13:09 GMTcommunity.support@macmillan.comhttps://community.macmillan.com/docs/DOC-9742-rhetorical-analysis-of-a-text-writing-project2019-09-11T20:13:09Z3 days 15 hours ago0Bedford New Scholars Assignment Ideashttps://community.macmillan.com/docs/DOC-9241-bedford-new-scholars-assignment-ideas
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